Tasta

Bydel Tasta
Borough

Coat of arms

Location within Stavanger municipality
Coordinates: 58°58′52″N 05°41′36″E / 58.98111°N 5.69333°E / 58.98111; 5.69333Coordinates: 58°58′52″N 05°41′36″E / 58.98111°N 5.69333°E / 58.98111; 5.69333
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Rogaland
District Jæren
City Stavanger
Area
  Total 10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 65 m (213 ft)
Population (2016)[2]
  Total 15,379
  Density 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code 4029 Stavanger

Tasta is a borough of the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough is located in the northern part of the city, however it is split between the mainland along the Byfjorden plus the eastern part of the island of Åmøy (the western part is in Rennesøy municipality).[3] The 10.87-square-kilometre (2,690-acre) borough has a population (2016) of 15,379. This gives the borough a population density of 1,415 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,660/sq mi).[2]

The local sports clubs are Tasta IL and Vardeneset BK.

Neighbourhoods

Although the borders of "neighbourhoods" (delområder) do not correspond exactly to the borough borders, Tasta roughly consists of the following neighbourhoods: Indre Tasta and Ytre Tasta.

Politics

Tasta borough is led by a borough council (bydelsutvalg). The council consists of 11 members, with the following party allegiances:[4]

Tasta bydelsutvalg 2015–2019
Party NameName in NorwegianNumber of
representatives
 Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet3
 Progress PartyFremskrittspartiet1
 Conservative PartyHøyre2
 Christian Democratic PartyKristelig Folkeparti1
 Pensioners' PartyPensjonistpartiet1
 Socialist Left PartySosialistisk Venstreparti1
 Liberal PartyVenstre1
 Local ListsLokale lister1
Total number of members:11

References

  1. "Tasta, Stavanger" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  2. 1 2 "Stavanger statistiker - bydeler" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Tasta" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  4. "Madla bydelsutvalg" (in Norwegian). Stavanger kommune. Retrieved 2016-04-27.


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